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Thursday, May 13, 2010

s o f t l y

softly, I will leave you, softly
for my heart will break, if you should wake and see me go
so, I'll leave you, softly
long before you miss me, long before your arms can beg me stay for one more hour, for one more day, after all the years
I can't bear the tears to fall so softly
as I leave you there

-a. de vita

Monday, March 8, 2010

Distances

There may be a reason for our distance.
A portion of memory suggests that we shared a good time together.
I would like to think the summer was too warm for your soft skin,
the lights too blinding for your crystal eyes,
the stories too epic for your imagination.
But in all of this, I am sure.
I am certain:
that we will go on this way like always
that you will see what you want to see
and feel what you want to feel
While I lose choices each day, wanting to feel, but having no reason to
I will pursue my little dream
Of having you in my life
Of bringing your soul into my seeking
Of lavishing your heart with mine.

I do not wish to part.
This is only the beginning of my sojourn into you.
This only cements the void of my person into yours.
Make swift these moments that carry my faith with you.
I promise only greater strength by which we would withstand

this distance.



8 March 2010

Friday, February 12, 2010

Eureka! (a third Valentine offering)

Eureka! I found you!
You are not in some silly old house where nothing hangs but a sad painting
Or a dry, cold bank where you touch the bills with such delicate fingers
You are not in Mcdonald's, where I sat for moments waiting
Or at my home where your scent lingers
You're just in one place I am happy with
Tucked in a labyrinth of tangled giddy
That sort of place where I put all my pillows, the softest yet
And listen to nightingales dreamily chirping their refrains
I hope that the air conjoins with the mist in achieving your lightest breath
And even melt the overlaying sleet
Eureka! Eureka! My dearest one
You're here, you're here
Away from sight
But in my only heart.

13 February 2010, twilight

Friday, February 5, 2010

Where can I find you?

I gathered all the poetry books I could find.
Skimmed them through and through
Over and above, I searched for anything about Love.
I found very little, in words archaic, almost brittle:
Not expressive of what I feel about you, everyday.
You're like a page I don't want to turn at all.
A hanging glass egg that should not fall
I gleam at your words and whenever I'm through,
Reading seems just the right way to construe
Your eternal thoughts, your ever-fleeting glances
I learn about you just as the day advances.
From page to page I win your confidence
That every time you speak, you cadence:
Long, short, short, short, long, long...
For you, my dearest, I do long.
And now, I find no poem can
Ever mean the words I plan
To tell you most, the things I share
From my heart's most intimate affair.
I find my world at peace with you
Always when the nearer to
You I am. I am you
Know
that
I
Love
You.


5 February 2010

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Happy Valentine's Day!

Some nights ago, I dreamed of you
And you appeared, you
Spoke to me of sweet nothings
But gave me much of everything
That I wanted, that I really, really wanted
The warmth of a soul, the caress of the heart
Made me so much for you never to part
Hoping our time together would be
So much more time to be free
Rather it made us long for each other
And made us have to meet a time another
A moment specially made for you and me
A lifetime that we hope would be
Forever and a day
Tomorrow and all way
Never needing
Ever heeding
You and I
Only fly the sky
Like the eagles
Passing by


for Aris 28 Jan 2010